Locking-hub for bicycles.



H E. VAN NESS. LOCKING HUB FOR BICYCLES.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I3. I9l6.

Patented July 4, 19151 hub thereto, and arotatable 'part carried w said member and cooperating with said axle of engagement'with the hub when the said part l e/rotated,- and'a spring cooperating" with,said partto hold said member in the locking and i nlockingpositions.

. .slida-bly. 'ari'angedjon said axle but nonr02 to move the member into and outoflocking V position.

2. I51 (:1 device oi the'class' de$eribed,'tlie combinationiofa non-rgtatable axle, a hub rota-tably mounted thereon, a member movable longitudinally of the axle toloc'kthe" hub th eretofa rotatablepart carried by said member' and .coiiperatihg with said a'-xle to Y move the-member into and OUt'OfjlOClKIQ Ig' position, and a spring cotiperating-w1th said part to, holdit'in its difierent posit-ions.

3'. In a device of thee-lass ,deer ib ed, the

eombinetionlpf' a non-rotatable" ahub teeth on thehub and means carried by said memberand eoiiperating' with said axle to, cause the member} to be moved into- .and oii t of engagement with the hub to lock andunlock the hlib;

49111; a device of the'clase the eozzibinati onpi. a. non' rotatable axle, hub rotatably mounted -.ther eon and; provided I with teeth at one end f thereoffe member tatablerelativelytheretofendf provided with,

teeth adap ted interlock with teeth p combination of a non-rotatablejfexle' a hub teeth adaptedvto interlock with the .teeth on the hub, a rotatable pertcarried by said member and ha\-'ing an eccentric portion whereby the member is; moved. into and outv 6. In a device of t'heclass described, the

combination of a non-rotatable axle, bearing cones on said axle, a hub rotatably mounted on said bearing cones and havlng teeth at one end, a member slld'able on one of said.

- cones but non-rotatable relatively thereto and having teeth adapted to interlock with the teeth of the hub,- and a. rotatable part :a'rried by said member and cooperating. with the said cone to effect the movement of the member into and out of locking posi- "ing with the sa' said member and having anffeceentr-ic'ipqrtion engaging said slot wherebysgtid nieih 1 e may e 'rotatably mounted thereon ajnd providerh sad part" with teeth at one end thereof, a lfoemberslid ably' arranged ons aid agile bqt non-rota i table-relatively theretoand provided with teeth at onendj a; membenslida'bleon of the said cones but non-rotatable relatively thereto and having teethadapted to: interlock with the teeth of the? hub, a rotatable pa'rt'carried by {said member and cooperatposition, an a s prmgpn' said cone (:0-

1'0 cone to ,eflect thegmove. 'ment of the me be: into and out G'fLIockQ operating witht siaidpart' t"0 hol d'the latter inits'ditl'erent pps'itions.

', Q I '8; In a deviceot are elass gdegeribed, the combination of'a'n axle, beerin'gcones there.-

on one of'w'hich is proiiided'withan a me angular extension, amember, fitting said [extension and slidable axiitlly thereonand provided with teethon itslinner "side, If hubh rotatably mounted on s'aideones and -pro- Fixided. with teeth at one end-adapted to in te'rlock with the. teethon sv'aid me'mber and said member and nga ifng said extension cause-the member tois ideqn saidextngigm a key actuated rotatablepart carried-by when the saidpar tf is rotated, .9. ln'a;dev,iceofthe- .claS$ deser'ibed,..the combination of an axle, bear-ingiconesnn" with teeth-tat its inner Lend, af hub mmcab y 1.: mounted 0 'said cons and with 7110' teetlradap d tojinterlo'c'k ,with theltee'th on said menber,-'a rotatable member" [16- ,videdwithii' circumfei'eritialjgroove an an eccentric pdrtion adapted-v to ngageeaid I slot, and a pin in sei'd 'meniber iiii'd'tn aging saidgrodve to hold the said part i the member.

-'-90' "ranged thereomone'ofSaid conesbeingprm. Y vided with an: aing'ular transvers'e' slot, e member fit sion and 'sl-idable thereon and-frovided with' b d didtotatableuipart c d by V teeth at its 1nner nd, a h ib rotatablymount: ,said;member and h'aVing -an-eccentriC portion whereby the. member moved into and; out bf'engagement-witli'the hub when the; said part isjrotatedv 5. In a" device of'the-class-described," the 95 ed on saidl-conesand-pifovided lwith :teethL dap m fli k wi h we h-- memher, and a rotetalble partfceriied; l

ranged thereon," onelof said, conesbei I vided, with an" 'angulari'extens'ion and; a;

mamad sli-dable thereon and provided 1 11. In adif-vice a; the'elass deor'ibed, the i combination 1 of an axle, a h1 b"rotatably' mounted t'hgreon and providedwithfteeth,

at one cmh-a member slidable oms'aid a'xle" bii't non-rotatablerelatively thereto andprovided wv-ithftecth adaptedto-interlock with the teeth (if the hub and a rotatable giart the 126 having, its axis arranged transversely ,o axle and coi'ipi- 'ating with-the latter the member to move into and out of lgekmg .7 position'by rotating Said-part.-

12. in z device of the class described, the eombination of an axle, a hub 'rotatab'ly 1 32 mounted thereon and provided with teeth at one end, a member slid-able on said axle but non-rotatable relatively thereto and provided with teeth adapted to interlock with the teeth of the hub, a rotatable art having its axis arranged transversely o the axle and cooperating with the latter to cause the member to move into and out of locking position by rotating said part, and a spring cooperating with said part to hold it nits 10 different positions.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HENRY E. VAN NESS. 

